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This Cookie Notice is for visitors/users and companies to our Websites (www.viewsheard-com.preview-domain.com, www.viewsheard.org and www.viewsheard.co.uk) and any apps available for use (regardless of the device you are using) and sets out information regarding our use of cookies. Please note that when we use the terms ‘we’, ‘us’ and ‘our’ we’re referring to Views Heard.
The intention of this Cookie Notice is to inform you on how we handle any personal data collected by cookies, and the form this data takes. We collect this data responsibly, legally and with your knowledge and consent through your positive opt-in of cookies – this is in the form of a pop-up requesting you to ‘accept’, ‘reject’ or manage your cookies in ‘settings’.
When using our Websites please be aware that we may collect and store information using cookies or similar technologies, for the purpose of this section we will use the word ‘cookies’ for simplicity.
This Cookie Notice is only in relation to Views Heard. Where we may have links to and from external/third-party websites (including without limit advertisers, sponsors, websites, social media, information relating to the article/review/how-to guide and other published posts and embedded content) it should be understood that they will have their own policies, separate from ours. Please check any external/third-party policies before clicking on any links, buttons and/or submitting any personal data to them, we do not accept any responsibility or liability for them, their policies or procedures. This also applies if reaching us from any external/third-party websites. Should you access these external sites through any link to our Websites you acknowledge, understand and accept that you do so at your own risk and by your own choice.
If you wish to read our Privacy Policy please click here.
To continue to comply with data regulations and to reflect any alterations to our service we reserve the right to make any changes to this notice. Any changes will be posted in our ‘Cookie Notice’ with the date of amendment. Please regularly check our notice for any changes.
This Cookie Notice was completed on the 28th of February 2022.
These are very dependent on your choice of cookies.
Despite its name they’re not chocolate-chip delights, but a small text file containing information that a website transfers to user’s/visitor’s computer, tablet or mobile devices for record-keeping purposes and to allow us to analyse our Websites – so as to improve our services and to personalise your experience. It does this by telling us about our Websites traffic, for example what parts people visit on our Websites, approximately where from, and returning visits. This gives us knowledge on how people use our site, the effectiveness of ads and web searches, basic functionality, and how to provide better Websites.
Persistent cookies – these are activated and reactivated every time you visit a part of the website that created this cookie and remain on your device for a specified time.
Session cookies – only activate when you open a browser window and delete when you close it. They exist to allow a link between your actions and the Websites.
Strictly Necessary Cookies – are considered essential in browsing websites; allowing them to perform their basic functions such as navigation. Help the websites to load quickly and effectively. They’re not used for marketing purposes or to track your online browsing history.
If you wish to make a donation, our online payment provider sets cookies to help process payments, and for the use of fraud prevention.
ReCAPTCHA – Please be aware that any use of forms on the Websites, including but not limited to donations, volunteer expression form, submissions, report, and contact, use Google’s ReCAPTCHA to protect against spammers, and does this through the use of cookies. Google RECAPTCHA has its own policies separate from our own which we ask you to read before clicking on any link, button and/or submitting any personal data to them. Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Analytics/Performance Cookies – collect statistical data and are taken to analyse how people use the Websites. This helps to improve user/visitor performance of the Websites. These cookies collect traffic data – number of users/visitors, length of the visit, where people go on the Websites and an approximate location of where they visit from. We may on occasion use an independent analytics company to look at these cookies – at which time a third-party company may set these. Embedded YouTube videos also uses these cookies to register anonymous statistical data.
Functional Cookies – personalised customisation and remembering your saved preferences. For example, this can be remembering your earlier language preference, local time etc.
Targeting/Advertising Cookies – these allow tailored advertisements and the monitoring of their effectiveness. These cookies may track your search history etc to produce more personalised adverts. For the use of YouTube videos, placed within our Website, YouTube requires the use of advertising cookies. These are used to store users’ video preferences and register a unique ID to store data on YouTube videos the user has seen. Further details on Google’s cookies (which include YouTube), can be found here.
Any adverts that appear on our Websites do not use advertising cookies, and are instead display advertisements only, with a link to the external advertiser’s/sponsor’s site. It should be understood though that the advertiser/sponsor will have their own policies; privacy policy, cookie notice, terms and conditions, separate from our own and which we ask you to read before clicking on any link, button and/or submitting any personal data to them. We do not accept liability or responsibility for their policies or procedures.
Social Media Cookies – we have included social media plugins to enable you to share content on Views Heard with friends and networks across social media services. Should you click on their respective buttons these social media companies may collect and store your personal data in line with their own privacy policy and cookie notice, which are separate from our own and which we do not accept any responsibility or liability for. Please check their policies before you click on any link, button and/or submit any personal data.
Although we receive no data on which articles have been clicked, we do receive statistical reports on the use of these plugins.
Please be aware that any social media links and websites including but not limited to authors, image owners/creators, artists, illustrators, designers, photographers, authors etc will have their own privacy policy and cookie notice separate from our own. Please refer to their policies before you click on any link. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for these social media accounts, platforms and websites.
Please note our Websites include embedded content from external/third-party websites which may, if you click on them collect and store your personal data in line with their privacy policy and cookie notice, which is separate from our own. We accept no responsibility or liability for these policies or procedures, and ask that you read them before clicking on any link, button and/or submit any personal data to them.
We will not share specific personal data, but may share anonymous data collected by analytical/ performance cookies such as information about our Websites traffic including site numbers, number of returning visitors, popular pages, main devices used, and geographical locations. This may be shared for; advertisement/sponsorship purposes; the maintenance or improvement of the Websites; reports; usage trends; third-party suppliers or consultants regarding the support of our Websites.
We will not share any personal identifying details with third-parties.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
Your consent. You’re able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by deleting our cookies from your web browser – please see the below section ‘How do I control my cookies?’ Please be aware should you choose to do this that when you access our site again, we will not remember any preferences you may have set and will ask you to ‘accept’,‘reject’ or manage your cookies in ‘settings’.
Legitimate Interest – we may process consented cookies on the basis of a legitimate interest, for example to maintain functionality of Websites, data analytics, usage trends and improvement of services.
When first-visiting Views Heard you will be presented with a cookies banner – a pop-up that asks you to ‘accept’, ‘reject’ or manage ‘settings’ – allowing you to choose your cookie preference.
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the Cookie Notice “C” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
Should you accept all or some of the cookies, but wish to later change this, you can erase, block or allow cookies from the settings in your browser control.
You can also manage your cookies by:
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at concerns@viewsheard-com.preview-domain.com please use the subject title ‘Complaint’ to help us process any concerns you may have. (Please note we do not accept any submissions sent to this email address, and any received will be subsequently deleted.)
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we’ve used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
Attribution is important to us. If you feel any details are incorrect, or are the owner of the attributed material and would like it removed, please contact us. Please see our Terms of Use for more details on copyright.
